Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! We are glad you have joined us and look forward to spending time with you as we share inspiration with you from our sketch challenge. So sit back and enjoy your favorite cuppa as you enjoy your trip Around the World on Wednesday!
Today's Project
This month has been flying by so quickly for me... what about you? I was thankful for this month's sketch challenge to help me think outside the box a bit. I am loving the new Mixed Florals Bundle and have been creating with it all month (**smile**) keeping me warm and cozy with the snow and ice outside. Here's the sketch...
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Project Details
I started by creating watercolor background on a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (cut down to 3-3/4" x 5") with a broad tip Water Painter and Azure Afternoon ink. The watercolor paper was soaked with several layers of the ink added to create the look I wanted.
Creating pink coneflowers for this project was a must. While the watercolor was drying, I picked Benji up from the groomer and colored the Mixed Florals coneflowers that were stamped with Crumb Cake ink onto Basic White cardstock. The stamped image was colored with Stampin' Blends Markers using Light Pumpkin Pie, Light/Dark Crumb Cake and Dark Calypso Coral for the cone floret disks; Light Pretty in Pink and Light Melon Mambo for the downward petals; Light Granny Apple Green and Light Mossy Meadow for the stems and leaves; and Light/Dark Lemon Lolly for the wildflowers. The colored image was diecut with its coordinating die.
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I chose to use a square instead of a circle... the two largest square Stylish Shapes Dies were taped with Post-it Tape to diecut the Crumb Cake cardstock frame.
The detailed Mixed Labels die was used to diecut Basic White cardstock creating the stripes from the sketch. (TIP: A used dryer sheet comes in handy when diecutting detailed dies... the little pieces are easily collected on it while releasing the diecut from the die without a fuss.) The diecuts were adhered along the back of the frame with Tear & Tape Adhesive. Wrapping them around the back of the watercolor background was a quick and secure way to adhere on Tear & Tape Adhesive strips. A smaller Basic White cardstock layer adhered to the back before adhering with Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the Crumb Cake card base.
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The Unbounded Love sentiment was white heat embossed on Crumb Cake scraps, fussycut and adhered to the cardfront with Mini Glue Dots.
As a finishing touch, a double threaded bow was tied with Linen Thread and adhered with two Mini Glue Dots.
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The inside of the card was stamped and colored to compliment the card front. A Light Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend was used to replicate the Azure Afternoon watercolor along the edge of the stamped image. The Unbounded Love sentiment was stamped with Crumb Cake ink. The Basic White Medium Envelope front and flap was stamped and colored to complete the card ensemble.
THE AWOW TEAM
THIS IS US
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We are such a diverse and fun group of stampers from all over the world! Thirteen (13) of my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator friends are joining me today in this worldwide hug that stretches all the way from New Zealand to Hawaii across twelve different time zones. We love sharing sunshine with you through projects from our individual parts of the world on these second Wednesdays of the month. I hope that you are being filled with lots of inspiration.
More Inspiration
I hope this project has helped you imagine different ways you can create cards using this sketch. Now, hop along with me, Angie McKenzie, to see more Wednesday inspirations from my talented friends Around the World. Just click the daisy below to go to my friend, Kelly, as she shares her adorable project, or scroll down the name list to follow along because you sure don't want to miss any.
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I would love to be your Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and Creative Coach!
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Great way to use that little die as the stripes on the back. Beautiful card Angie. Thank you for the great sketch too. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Rochelle. It was definitely a fun way to be creative with that detailed die! You are so welcome. xx
DeleteBeautiful card. I love the bright colors! Your photography is awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Angie ! And nice colorization work! I like the detail inside as a reminder.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love that you used a square at the focal and love the use of dies for the stripes.
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